Improvement in carriage-boots



G. W. BROWN. Carriage-Boot.

No. 208,367. Patented sept. 24,187'8.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

C. WARREN BROWN, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

IIVI PROVEIVI ENT IN CARRIAGE-BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,367, datedSeptember 24, 1878; application filed February 13, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, C. WARREN BROWN, of Salem, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Fixtures forCarriage-Boots; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken inconnection with the drawings which accompany and form part of thisspecicat-ion, is a description of my invention sufficient to enablethose skilled in the art to practice it.

The object of this invention is to provide a ixture to be attached tocarriages for the purpose of rolling away the boot or covering, and ameans for easily and neatly concealing' a carriage-boot when it isrolled away, doing away with all' straps, buckles, or other fastenings;also, to provide means for shedding the water from the carriage after itleaves the boot.

In the drawings, Figure lis a sectional view of a full-sized fixturewith the boot rolled away and covered. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of afull-sized fixture with the covering removed and the boot drawn up. Fig.3 is a perspective view ofthe spring-frame (reduced) for covering theboot when rolled up. Fig. 4 is a view of the whole apparatus (reduced)as it appears when not in use.

A represents a carriage-body; B B, brackets, which may be attachedeither to the body of the carriage or to the dasher, in any convenientmanner. In this case I have preferred to show them as attached to thecarriage-body, near the dasher. C is a rod, preferably of wood,extending across the carriage from one to the other of these brackets,and supported by them, and having in each of its ends a metal rodor pinprojecting' through the brackets B B.

The boot or covering D is fastened to the rod C in any convenientmanner, the sides or flaps laid over 011 top of the center, and the bootwound up by turning the rod with the hands, or by means of a smallcrank, which may be placed upon the metal end projecting through thebracket.

Having rolled the boot tightly upon the rod, I then spring over it thecover E, which is constructed as follows: I make a series of dattempered-steel springs, F, of the shape which I intend to have mycovering, and while these may be fastened directly to the cover, Iprefer to turn the ends of the springs, as seen at G, and insert throughthem metal rods H equal in length to the distance between the brackets.Having placed upon these rods the desired number of springs, I haveformed what may be termed a spring-trama7 which I cover withpatent-leather or other suitable. material. One edge of this covering isbrought iiush with one of the rods ofthe spring-frame, While the otheris extended beyond the spring-frame and fastened in any suitable mannerto the carriage.

Having provided for rolling and covering the boot, it becomes necessary,when the boot is in use, to provide means for carrying the Water shedfrom the boot clear of the carriage. This may be done in various ways 5but I shall describe but two. When the boot is wound over the rod G,Fig. 2, the Water will pass over the rod and drop from the whole lengthof the under side thereof, in which case I attach a strip of metal orleather, J, to the front of the carriage, and extend it from bracket tobracket, making it of such shape that it will shed the water over thefront of the carriage, Figs. l and 2 or, if it be in the bottom of abox-buggy, I provide tubes to carry the water through thebottomofthebuggy; but if the boot passes under-the rod C the water will passalong the gutter formed by the boot and rod, and ott either end, inwhich case it is only necessary to have small gutters beneath the endsof the rod to carry oi the water.

The operation of this apparatus is simply to pull oii the spring-cover Eand pull up the boot, and, to return it to its place, roll up the bootand spring the cover over it.

It will be readily seen that my method of covering the boot and sheddingthe water from the carriage after it has left the boot would be equallyapplicable to a carriage-boot operated by a spring-roll or any othermeans.

I claim- 1. In combination with a carriage having its boot or coveringwound around a rod or cylinder, the springcover E, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

2. In a carriage havingits boot or covering wound around a rod orcylinder, the watershed J, or its equivalent, substantially as and forthe purpose herein shown and described.

3. In combination with a carriage having its boot or covering D woundabout a rod or cylinder, the spring-cover E and water-shed J,substantially as shown and described.

C. WARREN BROWN.

IVitnesses GEO. BROWN, A. S. BROWN.

